GAINESVILLE - The Snellville woman who captured the public's attention and support in a battle with flesh eating bacteria in 2012 gave Brenau University students a glimpse into her life and recovery Friday.
Wearing a smile and plethora of information on prostheses, Aimee Copeland talked about how she functions with the absence of a leg, a foot and both hands. She demonstrated the use of her iLimb prosthetic hands, even inviting a member of the audience to help her "don" them, something she actually can do entirely on her own.
Copeland lost the limbs after contracting the bacteria in a fall from a zipline.
The disability doesn't slow her down. She's working on a Master's degree and plans to be a social worker in private practice. She drove herself to Gaineville for her two speeches at the Georgia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference.
In between school, an internship at the Shepherd Center, speaking engagments and life with family and friends, Copeland serves two different non-profit organizations in Georgia, Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (fodac) and Tools for Life.
AccessWDUN's Derreck Booth and David Cook caught up with Aimee Copeland between her two talks at Brenau University's East Campus at the Featherbone Communiversity in Gainesville.
